Leonie Heron
leonie.heron@ispm.unibe.ch
Tel: +41765349161
Research positions
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| 2021 — present | Postdoctoral researcher University of Bern |
Education
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| 2017 — 2020 | PhD in Epidemiology, Queen’s University Belfast Supervisors: Prof. Frank Kee, Prof. Ciaran O’Neill, Prof. Mark Tully Thesis: The health economics of physical inactivity and sedentary behaviour: healthcare expenditure and cost-effective interventions |
| 2016 — 2017 | MSc in Epidemiology, Maastricht University Supervisor: Dr. Colinda Simons Thesis: Association between World Cancer Research Fund cancer prevention recommendations and incidence of colorectal cancer in the Netherlands Cohort Study |
| 2011 — 2014 | BSc in Human Biology, Queen’s University Belfast Supervisors: Prof. Mark Tully Dissertation: Validation of a wireless-upload pedometer and smartphone app for monitoring free-living physical activity |
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Work
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| 2017 — 2019 | Teaching assistant, Queen’s University Belfast Teaching assistance in undergraduate histology and physiology classes |
| 2015 — 2016 | Technical associate, Genpact Pharmalink. Belfast, UK Reviewed technical documents for a multinational pharmaceutical company |
Conference abstracts
| year | citation |
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| 2019 | Economic costs of physical inactivity in the UK HEPA Europe: European network for the promotion of health-enhancing physical activity (HEPA Europe) |
| The direct healthcare costs of sedentary behaviour in the UK ISBNPA: International Society of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity (ISBNPA) |
Service
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| 2019 — 2021 | Early Career Network Committee - Communications officer International Society for Physical Activity and Health (ISPAH) |
| 2018 — 2020 | Secretary of Student Chapter Belfast ISPOR |
Awards
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| 2020 | Richard Havelock Charles Scholarship and Gold Medal Queen’s University Belfast Funded 6-week research trip to University of Victoria, Canada |
Volunteering
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| 2014 — 2015 | Erasmus+ volunteer, A Coruna, Spain Taught English language classes to all ages in a primary school. |
Skills
Programming— R (advanced), Stata (advanced)
Languages— English (native), German (conversational), Spanish (conversational)
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/mar/26/long-sedentary-periods-are-bad-for-health-and-cost-nhs-700m-a-year↩︎
https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/too-much-sitting-linked-to-tens-of-thousands-of-deaths-each-year-1.3838302↩︎
https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/sitting-down-dangers-sedentary-deaths-nhs-700-million-a8839991.html↩︎